HartBeat Ensemble and the Romanian Cultural Institute announced the collaborative presentation of a provocative new drama, Bee Trapped Inside the Window by acclaimed Romanian-American playwright Saviana Stanescu. An intimate look at human trafficking in a wealthy suburb of Connecticut, this virtual play reading premieres Friday, February 26 at 7:30pm and runs through Sunday, March 21. Bee Trapped in the Window , directed by Vernice P. Miller, is available to view at no charge by registering at HartBeatEnsemble.org. Bee Trapped Inside The Window explores modern-day slavery s effect on the lives of three women of different backgrounds and ethnicities in the leafy suburbs of Connecticut. May (Lydia Gaston) is an Asian-American in-house domestic worker for a wealthy family with kids; Sasha (Jennifer Dorr White) is a Russian-American corporate executive with a drinking problem; and Mia (Erin Lockett) is Sasha s Black daughter, who is exploring and gradually understanding her own bi
Once a year, like clockwork, Woody Allen writes, directs and usually stars in exactly the film he feels like making. He works on budgets that make this possible and just as well, given the mugging he has received from critics who think he shouldn t have made Deconstructing Harry. His new movie is vulgar, smutty, profane, self-hating, self-justifying, self-involved, tasteless, bankrupt and desperate, I ve read. Even the kinder reviews turn sour. Here s a quote from David Edelstein of Slate: The result is more rambunctious and more fun than any movie he has made in years. What puzzles me is why it still adds up to something so anemic and coldly distasteful. When a film makes me laugh and then I learn that it s vulgar, I m reminded of Mel Brooks defense of The Producers (1968): My film rises below vulgarity. That s the Deconstructing Harry defense; there is hardly a criticism that can be thrown at Allen that he hasn t already thrown at himself (or his alter ego) in the film